Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Major golds per season
| Season | Major golds per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 102.04 | |
| 2010 | 101.01 | |
| 2011 | 101.33 | |
| 2012 | 100.91 | |
| 2013 | 101.54 | |
| 2014 | 103.28 | |
| 2015 | 102.27 | |
| 2016 | 101.63 | |
| 2017 | 104 | |
| 2018 | 105 |
Data sources
- World Athletics
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why David Rudisha ranks #56 in Athletics
David Rudisha ranks 56th among Athletics athletes on GOAT Rank and 433rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 76, Honours 86, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Athletics reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2006–2019 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2018, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 2, world championship golds 2, world records 3, 800 m world record (s) 100.91.
Immediately ahead sits Sergey Bubka on 93.2, a gap of 6.5 points. Directly behind is Jesse Owens on 86.3. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
David Rudisha GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rudisha stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Athletics cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2018. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Rudisha comparisons
David Rudisha — frequently asked
- Is David Rudisha the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. David Rudisha ranks 56th in Athletics with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Carl Lewis on 93.1.
- What is David Rudisha's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does David Rudisha rank all time?
- 433rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 56th within Athletics.
- David Rudisha vs Sergey Bubka: who ranks higher?
- Sergey Bubka, on 93.2 against David Rudisha's 86.7 — a margin of 6.5 points.